Hi all, My PSA is on the rise one year after surgery. I am meeting with Rad Onc next week and will probably begin SRT soon thereafter. (2 hour drive away) From reading several of the posts on this forum, it seems like a lot of you are in this boat. I didn't realize so many people had rising PSA's after surgery. Are there any diet/supplement restrictions during the radiation? Any major side effects?

Hi Tim..welcome to HW. As you can see below, I'm not in your particular post-surgical "boat' but wanted to let you know we're here for support and info. There are plenty of guys on this forum who have faced, or will be facing your path in recurrence, and I'm sure they'll chime in as they see your post.

Catheter removed after 8 days, totally dry at 3 months. ED issues continue, Viagra (via ADC) nightly (100mgs), VED use in earnest at 6 months. "Ball Park Frank" plumping at this point......ED at 10 months continues to improve, albeit slowly. Continued daily use of 100mg Viagra (ADC). Discontinued pump use; manual stimulation to varying states of erections; achieved penetratable erection on a couple of occasions----At 13 months, nocturnal erections are frequent. Still taking 100mg of ADC Viagra nightly. Libido still in the dumper, but working on it with doctors.

Welcome, sorry you have some bad news. Yes, it seems that almost every other guy here has reoccurance, but we don't see many healthy guys coming back to help thin the average. Sounds like you have a good conventional plan to explore your changes and any treatment options to select. Keep us informed and stick around.James C. Age 63Gonna Make Myself A Better Man www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6cX61oNsRQ&feature=channel4/07: PSA 7.6, Recheck after 4 weeks Cipro-6.77/07 Biopsy: 3 of 16 PCa, 5% invloved, left lobe, GS3+3=69/07: Nerve Sparing open RRP, 110gms, Path Report- Stg. pT2c, 10 gms., margins clear32 Months: PSA's .04 each test since surgery, ED continues: Bimix- .3ml PRN, Trimix- .15ml PRN

Glad you posted but sorry that you will require addtional tx for PCa. Sounds like your eating quite well now and my best guess is that you can probably stick with your regular routine. Add a bunch of water to drink on a daily basis and you should be good to go. Keep us posted on your progress as possible, and you live a a great state so hope your SRT tx is great as well.

I completed mine last November. My radiation oncologist told me outright, to eat whatever I felt like eating during this time, knowing that some deal with nausea and other discomforts during treatments. All I can remember is craving protein and sweets. Mostly proteins. Your immune system is seriously weakened during radiation, so they will want you to build your strength while you are undergoing treatments the best way you can.

Tim I started adjunct radiation therapy last tuesday.My Dr said no antioxadents as you want the cells to be week during treatment.I decided to drop all supliments during treatment although I am takeing prilosec,zocor and co-q-10 to eliminate pain from the zocor.Food wise he said anything I want and that protein helps with fatigue.Also if diarea starts limit fruits and vegees.Don't forget about haveing a full bladder when you go in for treatment.I forgot about it and didn't for the first 3 days and was very tired and sick to my stomach as soon as I left the hospital.after treatment day 3 at my Dr visit he said come in with a comfortable full stomach not bursting and it will hold my bowel up out of the beam path.So since friday I have done that and feel about norma.What a relief.On this site someone suggested 1 liter about 1/2 hour before treatment and that works good. Like you I have a 2 hr drive,actually I need to leave 2 hrs early to be in the waiting room a little early, it's 100 miles on the highway, or 65 miles over the mountain with about 10 miles of dirt road, so I kind of alternate for variaty.Its very quick I'm in the treatment room about 5 min. every 5 days they do a X-rays to check alignment and that adds about 5 min. Tuesdays they draw blood on the way out and thursday I see the Dr. I got to see my X-ray and originol cat scan today and they showed me how they check the alignment [there is a grid on both pictures and they compare current x-ray to the cat scan "plan" then adjust the table to line things up if needed]they said they like to be within 3 mm. The cat scan has an outline of the treatment area and you can see the areas they are close to but don't want to zapGood luck and I hope your treatment goes well and is effective. DICKage 55 /psa 10-09 5.4/biopsy 11-09 Gleson 3+3=6 3+4=7/ Radical prostateectomy 1/22/10/pathology positive margins and extraprostatic extension pt3a,decided to do adjunct radiation therapy,PSA 4-1-10 0.1,started RT 4-13-10

Welcome and sorry that you have to be here. I too had the SRT about 2 years after my open RP. I had only minimal side effects and things seem to be hopeful thus far. The best advise that I have found on special foods to suppress cancer grows, is to just eat a generally heart-healthy diet. I was not instructed to eat a special diet during the radiation treatment.

I completed IG/IMRT in January 2010. I started mine just 74 days following davinci because of a rising PSA. I had almost no side effects other than a little urgency issue towards the end and a little tiredness.

I did not go on any special diet nor was I instructed to do so. Hope everything works out well for you and your family.

Hi Tim, looks like you, and I, got a lot of good advice. My stats are very similar to yours. RP is March 2009, PSA begbinning to rise at 9 months, .28 at 12 months. My surgeon and medical oncologist both recommended radiation treatments. I am meeting with a radiation oncologist in Boston in two weeks.

I have also made significant changes to my diet, but have not gone vegan. I have toyed with it, but just couldn't make the leap.

Good luck. Let us know how you make out.Dx with PC Dec 2008 at 56, PSA 3.4, Biopsy: T1c, Geason 7 (3+4)